UPDATE: Two weeks after news that he’d interviewed for a spot in the Astros’ front office, Law just tweeted: “I have chosen to stay with ESPN. It was a difficult decision, and I’m very grateful to the Astros for the opportunity.”

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ESPN.com writer and former Blue Jays special assistant Keith Law recently interviewed for a job in the Astros’ front office, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com.

Rosenthal reports that “Law met with both new club president George Postolos and general manager Jeff Luhnow, but the team has yet to offer him a position, sources say.”

Prior to joining then-general manager J.P. Riccardi in the Blue Jays’ front office Law wrote for Baseball Prospectus and he’s been with ESPN.com since 2006, focusing primarily on prospect and draft analysis.

Law would be a very interesting hire for the Astros’ new regime–and in my admittedly biased opinion, a very smart hire–although I’d miss his ESPN.com analysis, Twitter snark, and various food-related blogging.

Buchholz, 33, was acquired by the Phillies from the Red Sox in December 2016, but he made only two starts before an MRI revealed he had a partial tear of his right flexor pronator mass. He underwent surgery in April and missed the rest of the season.